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Saturday, 6 May 2017

LIM week 327 - Yellow and Grey

I had a quick look before I went out this morning as to the theme for the challenge at Less is More this week and saw it was Yellow and grey. I am not really a yellow person but I seem to be getting better with it as I get older.
Yellow roses came to mind and this tattered lace die that I hadn't yet used. I was intending to do red roses but thought I could use it to fit the theme. So that is what I did using different shades of grey for the background and to accent some of the leaves.
Then as I was tidying away (well moving stuff around on my desk!) I saw this snippet just crying out to be on a card. So I got the die and cut another yellow rose to place over the die cut and added a PB die cut for the sentiment.

That was going to be it, but I had put out this Altenew set of free stamps to remind me to play with them, and again I thought, ok - yellow rose. This is the result.

In between making cards I lost part of the die and had a bit of a hunt, seems a theme elsewhere now. Yesterday I spent three hours looking for lost keys in the garden. I had mowed the lawns and had loads of the conifer that was taken out of the garden the other day plus lovely spiky holy and pyracantha in the bin. I went round and round, looked in the bin, took some the cuttings out, did this several times until in the end I took the wheelie bin emptied it on the ground and did a fingertip search through everything, and there were the keys!!!! Shattered after that.

Wow, Linby, you've been so productive! These cards are absolutely gorgeous - all different, but all classy and stylish. The wreath and the flower on the first two cards are beautiful and the layers add a real feeling of depth. The Altenew rose is a stunner (how gorgeous are their flowers in general <3) and suits the colour scheme perfectly. A trio of beauties here! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More :)

OMG Linby ! I don't want to repeat what my lovely teamie Esther said, but it is so true, your cards are just stunning and eye-catching ! I'm not either a yellow lover but seeing these wonders I reconcile myself with the yellow more and more! Your roses wreath is wonderful such as the single rose on this other card ! It only lacks the perfume ! And the Altenew rose just reminds me the one I have in my garden, absolutely gorgeous ! Thanks so much for sharing and playing along with us at Less is More !

WOW, I'm thinking you love this colour combo Linby! What a fantastic CAS collection of beauty and elegance. The first one has stolen my heart with the lovely tones of grey, perfectly delicate BG teamed with those yellow florals. A perfect post and collection and thanks for playing along at Less is More

Linby, these are all so pretty. I don't use yellow often but love the yellow/grey combo every time I see it. That die is so beautifully detailed and I love that you used two shades of grey with it. And the Altenew roses are always stunning, the single rose makes a perfect CAS card.Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x